Overview
- At least five people have died and three remain missing after June 25 cloudbursts triggered flash floods in Kangra and Kullu districts
- SDRF and NDRF teams joined local responders on Thursday to search swept-away labour colonies and damaged villages near hydroelectric sites
- Heavy rains have swollen the Beas and Sutlej rivers, washing away homes, roads and a bridge on the Manali–Chandigarh highway
- The India Meteorological Department has extended its orange alert for heavy rainfall through June 29 and warned of landslides
- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has placed deputy commissioners on 24/7 alert and urged tourists to avoid riverbanks